Kids & Teens Books
MIDDLE GRADE SCI-FI FANTASY
Available in print and e-book on May 8th, 2024
THE INVENTION OF LIBERATION
A middle-grade sci-fi fantasy novella
When Ava lost her mom, her whole world ended. Tossed into a dreadful orphanage, she meets Jeff—a kind orphanage worker who is working through grief himself. Jeff introduces Ava to an exciting world of science—and the most special friend anyone could ever imagine.
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Together, Jeff, Ava and her new friend embark on a scientific mission to make her friend's life a little more enjoyable. After adopting Ava, Jeff is hard at work in his lab when something goes awry, causing a frantic trip to the emergency room for radiation poisoning.
As science prodigy Ava reaches teenage, the aftermath of Jeff's accident impacts the entire family. But, there's no time to focus on their problems when the world is facing a technological threat unlike any other—an AI revolt.
Will this found family ever recover from the accident? Will it even matter if the AI overlords get their way?
THE INVENTION OF LIBERATION is a middle grade sci-fi fantasy novella brimming with heavy life themes, magic, sci-fi gadgets, robots, and the dangers of AI.
Lexile Level: 1000
Suggested Reader Age: 8-15
Trigger Warnings: Death, grief, cancer.
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK
Coming soon in print & e-book
UNI THE UNIQUE
A children's picture book for unique kids
One night in the cold Bering Sea, Uni and her Mama went fishing. When a big storm rolls in, they're separated.
Scared—but a clever little walrus—Uni swims to safety on a nearby iceberg where she stays the night. In the morning she's found and fed by a couple of fellow walruses who invite her to join their herd.
Uni soon realizes that even though they're walruses just like she is, she's different than the rest of the herd—and they don't like that very much. Bullied and shunned, Uni's heart breaks a little more with every passing day. Her loneliness is all consuming.
While swimming on her own one sunny day, Uni discovers a baby seal trapped in a sunken ship on the ocean's floor. After freeing him, Uni discovers a colony of misfit sea creatures just like her.
Could it be? Is this her forever home? Will Uni ever find a family to call home?
Written in rhyming verse, UNI THE UNIQUE is an empowering story about the beauty of not fitting in, and how sometimes the very thing that gets you bullied, is what makes you special.
Suggested reading ages: 5-10
Trigger warnings: Abandonment
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In the cold Bering Sea, Lived a special walrus calf. Her name was Uni, Mom foraged on her behalf.
While swimming one stormy night, When lightning exploded like a bomb… Uni looked to her right, But where was her Mom?
The next morning came, And so did a walrus herd, They asked for her name, But her stomach spoke its own word.
In the cold Bering Sea, Lived a special walrus calf. Her name was Uni, Mom foraged on her behalf.